U-651

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered9 Oct 1939
Laid down 16 Jan 1940 Howaldtswerke Hamburg AG, Hamburg (werk 800)
Launched21 Dec 1940
Commissioned12 Feb 1941Kptlt. Peter Lohmeyer
Commanders
12 Feb 1941 - 29 Jun 1941   Peter Lohmeyer
Career1 patrol 12 Feb 1941 - 1 Jun 1941  1. Flottille (training)
1 Jun 1941 - 29 Jun 1941  1. Flottille (front boat)
Successes2 ships sunk for a total of 11,639 GRT
Fate

Sunk 29 June, 1941 south of Iceland, in position 59.52N, 18.36W, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Malcolm and HMS Scimitar, the British corvettes HMS Arabis and HMS Violet and the British minesweeper HMS Speedwell. 45 survivors (No casualties).

See the 2 ships hit by U-651 - View the 1 war patrol

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-651 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.



U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2
Wynn, Kenneth


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Books dealing with this subject include:

German U-Boat Losses During World War II. Niestle, Axel, 1998.
Hitler's U-boat War. Blair, Clay, 1996.
Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II. Blair, Clay, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2. Wynn, Kenneth, 1998.